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A guy stayed in the sleeper of my father's Superliner at Trucktober fest. It was too late for him to drive home and he was going to sleep on the front seat of his little REO. We will have several trucks with sleepers that we could "rent" out if anyone is desperate. It might get hot in there though. If Ken is serious about the trailer I could bring a sleeping bag and inflatable mattress for you. It sounds like the price is right. Mike

Dick Best had at least 3 Mack Jr's; the one pictures above, the civil defense truck and the cream and brown truck with the bulldogs on the doors. RG Smith had a Mack Jr horse van that is long gone. I can't believe Ron didn't mention it yet. He is definitely a bit bias about the little blue ED, but it is a nice truck. An ED or DE would be good choices for small, real Macks. Mike

Make a list of what you need and post it in the want adds. If someone on here doesn't have it they often know someone who does. It looks like you have a pretty complete truck if you have obvious stuff(hood, radiator shell and radiator). I am told each different size A model had different sized front sheet metal(hood, radiator shell). I have an A 20 parts truck that is pretty rough. Not much good on it and nothing that should work for you. Mike

My parents will be there in a rental car. They flew out last week and are site seeing right now. You'll recognize my father as the old guy with a hat on. Actually that is the majority of people at a truck show. I had to stay home and work. I started washing trucks for Macungie. 2 down. 19 to go. Mike

The L model was Tom Zacney's. The family was asking about $7000 for it. They sent me a bunch of pictures early last year. It is very solid. Tom had the dump body repainted. Mike

Dunn must have kept a bunch of their old stuff. There is an AC coal truck near me in PA that the guy wants $40,000. I think it was advertised on here before. It was definitely on Ebay and in the Wheels of time. I didn't know there was also an AB and CH. That is a great bunch of trucks. Mike

Thanks for the info. Tom's Military Dodge is the same or similar model. He has several to the big ones. Mike

Dave, Any idea what the WR brought or where it went? It looks like a pretty nice truck. I had a WR tow truck that I sold to a guy in Indiana. Mike

I have a full set of shutters if you are interested. Mike

I just had the recitifier rebuilt on my 405A. Mine was made by Leece Neville. It was done by Chestnut Hill Auto Electric near Lancaster PA. It cost $192. It was arcing out really bad when running. My truck won't run now, but that is probably a different problem. I don't know if that is what you have there though. You might have an internal rectifier on you alternator. Mike

Nice going Carl. Now I am going to continue the hijacking. I am lucking to have a lot of great shows in my area. I am also lucky that my father has a tractor trailer that he can haul my junk on. But I am also happy just to have the stuff sitting in my garage. I do not need to show them. I get just as much enjoyment from walking around the garage as I do driving down the road and it doesn't cost me anything except the electric to turn on the lights. As for the hemi powered B model, I had not thought of the 237 being so much heavier than the hemi. I would still go with a Chevy V8. There was a local Dodge dealership that shut down a bunch of years ago. Their 2 mid-sixties dodge tow trucks sat around until 3 or 4 years ago when someone bought them, cut the hemis out and sent the rest for scrap. Mike

I would put a chevy v8 in it and a GM transmission. It would be cheaper and easier to get parts for. I would not be inclined to put a diesel in it, but you were the 237 is a good choice. Good luck. Mike

I'll be there with my family. I better call Terry and let him know. Mike

Even I wouldn't mind having that U model. I would have wanted them to leave the lettering on it though. Mike

I found an application for a Texaco credit card in a B42 dump truck. I forget what the guy was making annually, but he was asking for $25 credit limit. I will try to scan it an post it. I found a cool local bottle opener and a bunch of bingo chips in my 405A. Mike

Time to join the ATCA and get the truck ready for Macungie. Only a month left. Mike

Welcome to the forum. I saw your question posted. I don't know the answer. Sorry. I have a couple Mack fire trucks too. Good luck. Mike

Your museum looks great. I wish I had visited it when I was in Fairbanks a few years ago. I'd like to see that Auburn boatail speedster up close. Mike

Thanks.

I have two MH612's, an 85 and 93. Both are from Ralph G Smith Horse Transportation. Here is a link to my gallery. This is the 85. The 93 looks almost identicle. Mike http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/9129-biking-snow-trucks-laths-january-2011-039jpg/

Try Sparr in Florida.

Get the one with the full dump bed. I have some B model parts outside of Philly. You can look at pictures in my gallery to see if I have what you need. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/9991-b42x-22872/ Mike

Will you be bringing a heavy enough truck to bring the 707? Can you describe partially disassembled? Are the headlights available? Thanks, Mike

I have had a very hard time finding parts for my Lanova. My mechanic bought a spare motor off of Roger Gerhart, but still need to have 8 valves made. He had to get a part for the air compressor made in Mexico. He has been working on the LFT on and off since November of 2010, but finally has it running. It should be at Macungie. I will post pictures of it after it makes its appearance there. I have an A20 parts truck, but it is a flat head gas and is very rusty. I did use some brake parts off of it for my 405A because the postal service lost the originals when I sent them to be rebuilt. Good Luck. Mike